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Ernesto has both strong Spanish skills to offer his class, but will also be immersed in an environment where he'll be surrounded by a community that can support him in his academic language.

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Pro: Peers may be able to support him in English classes because they all know Spanish.

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Con: A longer program

Pro: Uses his strong skill set in his L1 for developing academic skills in English

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Pro: He already has a foundation in English and would probably learn well with scaffolding

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Con: less access to Spanish-speaking community/peers

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con: the half that is taught in English may be hard and inaccessible, at the same time he sounds like he has study methods that are serving him well as a student in general, so it may be a challenge he is up for (pro?!)

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Con: not as much Spanish support as the other options

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Con: Does not focus on academic content, only grammar and vocab, which we can assume he is already knowledgeable of

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Con: May lose Spanish knowledge as he focuses on English content learning

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Con: No Spanish instruction

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Con: It's his first year of high school and being pulled out of class could alienate him. He's also already a very strong student so, this might not fit his educational needs

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Pro: Use existing academic Spanish skills to build English skills

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Pro: Fast acquisition of English

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Pro: he gets to continue learning in Spanish half of the time, expanding his academic Spanish

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Pro: Maintain and develop existing academic Spanish skills

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Pro: Spanish-speaking community and support

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Con: We assume that by this time, instruction would already be 50/50 in both languages.

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Con: He's entering at 9th grade while most other students started in kindergarten